Free chord library, with sound
Chord library – every chord, with sound and fingering
Guitar, piano, ukulele, mandolin and banjo: 1212 chord pages, with several shapes per chord. Listen to it, see the fingering – left-handed too, if you need it.
- 21 chord types
- 12 keys
- Realistic sound
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On every instrument we start with the easiest shape. These four chords already cover lots of songs:
Every chord comes with its notes, several shapes with fingering (open, easy and CAGED barre shapes), a capo chart on guitar, and similar and substitute chords. Each page also shows which keys the chord belongs to.
Chord types
From major to thirteenth – 21 chord types
Each one with a sentence on what gives it its sound, and two examples you can listen to straight away.
- majora major triadC on guitarA on piano
- minora minor triadCm on guitarAm on piano
- dominant seventha dominant seventh chord (a major triad plus a minor seventh)C7 on guitarA7 on piano
- major seventha major seventh chord (a major triad plus a major seventh)Cmaj7 on guitarAmaj7 on piano
- minor seventha minor seventh chord (a minor triad plus a minor seventh)Cm7 on guitarAm7 on piano
- sus2a sus2 chord (a major second instead of the third)Csus2 on guitarAsus2 on piano
- sus4a sus4 chord (a perfect fourth instead of the third)Csus4 on guitarAsus4 on piano
- 7sus4a 7sus4 chord (a sus4 chord plus a minor seventh)C7sus4 on guitarA7sus4 on piano
- power chorda power chord (root plus perfect fifth, no third)C5 on guitar
- sixtha major sixth chord (a major triad plus a major sixth)C6 on guitarA6 on piano
- minor sixtha minor sixth chord (a minor triad plus a major sixth)Cm6 on guitarAm6 on piano
- add9an add9 chord (a major triad plus a major ninth, no seventh)Cadd9 on guitarAadd9 on piano
- diminisheda diminished triad (two minor thirds)Cdim on guitarAdim on piano
- augmentedan augmented triad (two major thirds)Caug on guitarAaug on piano
- diminished seventha diminished seventh chord (three stacked minor thirds)Cdim7 on guitarAdim7 on piano
- half-diminisheda half-diminished seventh chord (a diminished triad plus a minor seventh)Cm7b5 on guitarAm7b5 on piano
- dominant nintha dominant ninth chord (a dominant seventh plus a major ninth)C9 on guitarA9 on piano
- minor nintha minor ninth chord (a minor seventh plus a major ninth)Cm9 on guitarAm9 on piano
- major nintha major ninth chord (a major seventh chord plus a major ninth)Cmaj9 on guitarAmaj9 on piano
- eleventhan eleventh chord (a dominant ninth plus a perfect eleventh)C11 on guitarA11 on piano
- thirteentha thirteenth chord (a dominant ninth plus a major thirteenth)C13 on guitarA13 on piano
Not sure which chord you hear?
The chord finder names it from its notes, and the transposer moves a song to another key.
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